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On Tuesday, Don HO, the developer of Notepad++, a free GPL source code editor and notepad application for Microsoft Windows, released version 7.8.1, prompting a social media firestorm and a distributed denial of service attack. Notepad++ v7.8.1 was designated "the Free Uyghur edition," in reference to the predominantly Muslim ethnic group in western China that faces ongoing human rights violations and persecution at the hands of Beijing.
"The site notepad-plus-plus.org has suffered DDoS attack from 1230 to 1330 Paris time," HO said in an email to The Register. "I saw the [reduced] amount of visitors via Google analytics then the support of my host confirmed the attack. The DDoS attack has been stopped by an anti-DDoS service provided by our host [Cloudflare]."
[...] For expressing that sentiment, the project's website was DDoSed and its GitHub code repository has been flooded with angry comments in the Issues section – intended for people to report bugs or offer suggestions.
HO said Notepad++'s Tiananmen Square release didn't really attract much attention. The Charlie Hebdo release, however, got his site hacked. "The reaction of this time is more like 'Boycott Beijing 2008 OG' on the Notepad++ website, while Notepad++ was on SourceForge," he said, noting that SourceForge forum was similarly flooded by Chinese spammers in 2008.
Also at The Verge.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Mojibake Tengu on Friday November 01 2019, @03:48AM (14 children)
Technically, Uyghur Muslims are treated much better by China state than Palestinian Muslims are by state of Israel. Both in procedures and scale.
For example, being re-educated is somewhat better than being bombed by white phosphorus. China does not bomb Uyghurs by military aircrafts. So, in my perception, China does no worse to Muslims than Israel.
While it is unacceptable to criticize Israel for anything they do, it should be unacceptable to criticize China as well, by the very same reasoning, whatever the reasons really are.
Did I missed something?
Respect Authorities. Know your social status. Woke responsibly.
(Score: 5, Touché) by sjames on Friday November 01 2019, @03:58AM (2 children)
You seem to be reasonably sure you can criticize Israel without significant issues, so why not China?
(Score: 2, Touché) by Mojibake Tengu on Friday November 01 2019, @04:40AM (1 child)
I commend China for re-educating Muslims, and not bombing them, like many other states do. I do not criticize Israel.
Respect Authorities. Know your social status. Woke responsibly.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday November 01 2019, @02:33PM
Define "re-educating." Because, technically, the things that went on in Room 101 were "re-educating." China is a hellhole, and I say this as someone who grew up in basically the US's Chinese hotspot on the east coast and has an ethnically Chinese (though nationally Malaysian and culturally more Americanized than me...) girlfriend.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @04:43AM
1.8 wrongs don't make a right.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Friday November 01 2019, @04:52AM
This seems to call out the difference between wiping ideas from brains and killing people while recognizing the existence of their beliefs. It seems like doing both would be the most effective way to go about it.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @05:15AM
Yes it appears that you have.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China [wikipedia.org]
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/06/18/china-killing-prisoners-to-harvest-organs-for-transplant-tribunal-finds/#1de4f1a53d41 [forbes.com]
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-forcefully-harvests-organs-detainees-tribunal-concludes-n1018646 [nbcnews.com]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nightmare-of-human-organ-harvesting-in-china-11549411056 [wsj.com]
https://nypost.com/2019/06/01/chinese-dissidents-are-being-executed-for-their-organs-former-hospital-worker-says/ [nypost.com]
China has the weird ability to be able to schedule you an organ transplant after you work with their hospitals and provide a sample of your DNA and bloodwork, sometimes as little as two weeks out. Some of the first concerns about the organ trade in China was from an Israeli doctor who had a patent on a wait list for years and within two weeks of making a connection with a hospital in China found a perfect match, highly unlikely.
China has ever-expanding laws that get you put in prison camps. Political descent, being Muslim, etc. When you are desensitized to killing your own people for their organs, how long until having the wrong DNA/bloodwork becomes a crime when your boss needs a new kidney? Would be a shame if someone mistakenly hit your credit score.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @05:26AM (2 children)
If they are being bombed by white phosphorus, they get to go visit God. As martyrs they get 72 virgins (no idea if the virgins consent, but they are probably nasty ones anyway) and all their wives.
Re-education camps involve eating pork. If they touch pork at the moment of death, for example by choking, they go directly to Hell. LOL. It serves them right.
It's all a funny situation anyway, given that both sides are a pox upon Earth. If somehow they could both lose, that would be great.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by inertnet on Friday November 01 2019, @08:56AM (1 child)
Maybe one should reconsider ones religion, if its heaven contains over 98% slaves (because only one out of every 73 inhabitants is not a slave). Sounds more like hell to me.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @12:53PM
Ask yourself why they are virgins.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @12:39PM (2 children)
The Palestinian Muslims that were injured by Israeli white phosphorus munitions were in a war zone between two nations and refused to follow the evacuation order issued 24 hours in advance. This is why the report in question only concluded the IDF was being reckless in its usage rather than violating any international laws:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Fact_Finding_Mission_on_the_Gaza_Conflict#White_phosphorus_allegations [wikipedia.org]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_phosphorus_munitions#Arab-Israeli_conflict [wikipedia.org]
What's happening in China is the systematic political persecution and illegal detention and torture of members of an ethnic minority.
Apples to oranges aside, the common thread between the two is that the US and UK aren't willing to ban white phosphorus, interment camps or torture through international laws since they themselves are using them: The US is the largest manufacturer and exporter of white phosphorus munitions while the UK and the US both operate black sites where they kidnap and detain their own and foreign citizens under suspicions of terrorism without public trials or juries.
Regardless of all that, if you want either to stop, the solution is simple: Support their ban in international laws by protesting against your own government's opposition to attempts at banning them by the UN. Pointing fingers at Israel or China is just scapegoating.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @10:56PM (1 child)
"The Palestinian Muslims that were injured by Israeli white phosphorus munitions were in a war zone between two nations and refused to follow the evacuation order issued 24 hours in advance."
Would that be the order to "fuck off into the sea and swim to where you claim refugee status"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @02:16PM
It would be the "get down to the shelter UNRWA put together or get in the UN / Red Cross convey parking next to your house". Well, it makes more sense when your own elected officials aren't holding you hostage as a meta shield to prevent you from evacuating:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/israeli-strike-un-school-gaza-kills-women-children [theguardian.com]
And no it wasn't a singular incident. Almost every single civilian casualty in Gaza was following hours notice. But hey, why bother reading past that headline and photographs, right? Not like the details make a difference or anything...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @07:02PM
Funny you mention Israel considering it's one of the few nations to have made it illegal for its insurance agencies to provide coverage for organ trade or the required followup medical treatment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_harvesting_from_Falun_Gong_practitioners_in_China#Responses_from_other_governments [wikipedia.org]
That is, drugs and medical care following such transplants isn't covered in Israel. Meaning, when someone comes back with a fresh organ, the insurance company will open an investigation into the matter and will have a real financial interest in uncovering evidence of illegal trade. They'll look up back statements. Send investigators to the hospitals interviewing the harvesting and transplanting doctors. Checkup with the donor's family... People were rejected follow-up treatment by the insurance companies numerous times. It even made it to the courts a couple of times.
So, what does your country does to prevent organ trade?
(Score: 2) by stretch611 on Friday November 01 2019, @09:41PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCTTq0q4h-A [youtube.com]
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P